Section 651:58 Application for Review.
I. Any person sentenced to a term of one year or more in the state prison, except in any case in which a different sentence could not have been imposed, or the state of New Hampshire, may file with the clerk of the superior court for the county in which the judgment was rendered an application for review of the sentence by the review division. The application may be filed within 30 days after the date the sentence was imposed, but not thereafter except for good cause shown. The filing of an application for review shall not stay the execution of the sentence.
II. Upon imposition of the sentence the person sentenced shall be given oral and written notice of his or her right to make such a request. This notice shall include a statement that review of the sentence may result in a decrease or increase of the minimum or maximum term within the limits fixed by law. A form for making the application shall accompany the notice. If an application is filed, the clerk shall forthwith transmit it to the review division and shall notify the chief justice and the judge who imposed the sentence of the filing.
III. The sentencing judge may transmit to the review division a statement of his reasons for imposing the sentence, and shall transmit such a statement within 7 days if requested to do so by the review division.
Source. 1975, 267:1. 2001, 45:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002. 2009, 24:1, eff. July 7, 2009.